Dallas Police Shooting: 12 Officers Shot, 5 Dead

MSNBC is confirming a fifth police officer has been confirmed dead as a result of tonight’s earlier shootings in Dallas. The scene is still active and police are requesting that all Dallas citizens refrain from coming to the Dallas downtown area this morning.

Story is still developing.

UPDATED: 1:39 AM EST

In an early morning press conference, Dallas Police Chief David Brown said a standoff with a suspected shooter is still active.

Brown added that the department does not have the “comfort level” that all suspects are in custody.

In a conversation with police, the suspect told officers “this is the end.”

“The suspect that we are negotiating w/…[said] there are bombs all over the place in this garage and in downtown,” Brown said.

This is a developing story.

UPDATED: 1:25 AM EST

According to Dallas police, two suspected snipers are in custody.

UPDATED: 12:34 AM EST

The “person of interest” identified by Dallas police has turned himself in. The individual’s brother spoke with CBS about what he says is a misidentification.

The Dallas Police Department has released a picture of the person of interest in Thursday’s shooting.

The picture was circulated on Twitter, although users were quick to point out that a man that appears to be the “suspect” was on the ground with protestors — not elevated as police specified — when the shots began.

An eleventh officer was said to be shot, according to the police chief. In a press conference, Chief Brown also said police “believe these suspects have threatened to plant a bomb in the downtown area.”

The situation in Dallas is active. This is a developing story.

UPDATED: 11:30 PM EST

Ten officers were wounded in shooting that occurred at a Dallas protest Thursday night, according to a statement released by Dallas Police Department Chief David Brown.

Three of those officers were fatally injured. According to the statement, two snipers fired the shots from elevated positions.